Penrose Point State Park – state parks quest #48
Boats float, people float, even Mount Rainier floats in the distance. That’s the vibe at this laid-back inland waters park on the Key Peninsula.
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Category: Washington state parks
I’m on a quest to visit all of Washington’s 100+ state parks. This is where I write about my experiences in some of the state’s most beautiful, historic, and just plain fascinating places.
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Twin Harbors State Park – state parks quest #47
Forest trails wind to the ocean beach in this busy coastal park, which will get a major overhaul in the next few years.
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Grayland Beach State Park – state parks quest #46
On a quiet stretch of Washington coast, Grayland Beach offers tons of camping and ocean access.
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Bogachiel State Park – state parks quest #45
Way out on the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, pretty Bogachiel is an ideal base for exploring the national park rainforest and coast, or for steelhead fishing, if that’s your game.
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Fort Simcoe Historical State Park – state parks quest #44
Lonely Fort Simcoe stands in the middle of the Yakama Reservation, an artifact emblematic of conflicting cultural ideas about land.